people with house chickens

[ChickenPeep]

Bonsai is so adorable! He looks so comfy!!

 

[ChickenPeep]

I have a problem, maybe someone can help me.
Dottie has been sitting on six eggs. Today is Day 23 and hatching.
she is sitting in a rubbermaid dishpan on top of the clothes tower.
I read on another forum that a lady kept her hen on the nest for 24 days and the eggs hatched.
I do not expect these eggs to hatch. BUT Dottie will not leave them, she is the perfect mother.

Question: How do I remove the eggs on the 24th Day so that it is gentle for her. She will throw a fit.

Broody's eggs can take longer to hatch than incubated eggs. If I were you I would go see her at night when it dark and she's sleeping and carefully slip one of the eggs out to candle. If you do it fast it won't hurt it. Every time my broody's eggs have hatched I've taken them out to look at them and they've been fine every time. Don't give up hope!

 

[mg15]

Box with napkin hanging down for them to run into. Swimming pool with alfalfa pellets, seems to be less stinky, and fence around pool.

So...I have a question...my lil house silkie is three weeks old, and is currently residing in a clear plastic tote ( we will be upgrading our living arrangements soon..Lol) I'm already noticing she can be pretty stinky (she is in pine shavings that I clean EVERY day)
I have read about sweet pdz working for odor?? Is this safe to sprinkle in with her pine shavings....or maybe a layer underneath the shavings?? I'm totally new to chicken ownership...Lol...so any thoughts are appreciated!! Thanks!!

 

[mg15]

Broody's eggs can take longer to hatch than incubated eggs. If I were you I would go see her at night when it dark and she's sleeping and carefully slip one of the eggs out to candle. If you do it fast it won't hurt it. Every time my broody's eggs have hatched I've taken them out to look at them and they've been fine every time. Don't give up hope!

We candled about a less than a week ago. I have NEVER done this, but all looked dark with a oxygen opening like a half moon at one of the ends.

• Is there any way at all to know if they are dead in the shell. ?

If I knew they were dead, I could slowly remove them from her.
But I could just now bury an egg if there was a chick in the egg.

• What is the longest I should wait for her to sit on them.?

I ask alot because she is holed up in the dishpan. She does poo and drink water and eat pellets. OH MY....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the smell of a broody chicken poo is the worst. I wonder why it smells like that. ?

 

[kukupecpec]

OH MY....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the smell of a broody chicken poo is the worst. I wonder why it smells like that. ?

We were just talking about this on the broody thread, here is what was said -

Originally Posted by Bush Chickens

Is it normal for a broody to have explosive, toss your cookies smelly, poos every couple of days?
Yea broody poo is pretty rank some of the worst she will also drink tons of water and expel it quickly it will look like clear slimy swamp water she is trying to regulate her body temp

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[mg15]

Dottie's egg is making peep sounds. There is no hole in the shell.
Will the chick die because there is not hole.
How long can the chick go without a hole in the shell for air ????????
Oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dottie and I will never do this again.
I cannot digest food from the nerves I have.
Thank you

 

[kukupecpec]

Dottie's egg is making peep sounds. There is no hole in the shell.
Will the chick die because there is not hole.
How long can the chick go without a hole in the shell for air ????????
Oh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dottie and I will never do this again.
I cannot digest food from the nerves I have.
Thank you

I always hear my chicks before they make a hole in the shell. It's actually pretty nifty. I know there is a certain amount of time they can survive before breaking the shell, but I think it's long like 12 hours. You might try to find out though just in case?

 

[mg15]

Dottie hatched out 3 chicks.
Buried 2 eggs Sunday because they did not hatch out. Didn't have the heart to
open them up. Just wanted everything to be at peace. One chick did not make it, so buried her with the 2 unhatched eggs.
Had six eggs altogether, 1 chick died, 2 eggs did not hatch and have 3 chicks for Dotte to take care of. So interesting to watch
Dotte and her chicks.

 

[EggieRowe]

Question for people who have house roosters, do they crow in the morning even if they're inside where it's dark? We took in a 5 week old chick that the flock was hellbent on killing, but I'm pretty sure it's a boy and I'm not thrilled with the idea of having a roo wake me up at 4:30 in the morning everyday. (If he's like his daddy, which we can hear through the block walls of our house. I've learned to sleep through it, but doubt I could if the crowing came from the inside.)

 

[mg15]

I had a Frizzle rooster in the house. He was too loud outside, I live in the city.
He crowed some in the house, but not alot. He eventually went to my farmer lady friend
so he could be him.
Altho, if I had not already had a house chicken maybe I would have kept him. He wore a diaper too.